Rusty Elbows works with senior level SMEs, an independent network of highly skilled consultants, to provide the expertise required for short staffed Corporate and Plant Engineering Teams. As on any great baseball team, it is the individual players that bring a certain set of skills but when combined together, create a team that can win it all. This process also applies to our consultants. Rusty Elbows only looks for individuals that have the skill sets to address the client’s complex challenges, then builds a winning team to support your engineers & projects.
Owner’s Rep / Capital Projects
Corporate engineering staffs are sometimes lean and can face many daily challenges, including keeping manufacturing lines operational, keeping abreast of ever evolving technologies, and addressing issues brought to them by plant engineers, maintenance personnel, and departmental and plant managers. Sometimes capital projects take a back seat. As an Owner’s Rep, our consultants will work with your team to oversee the planning, management, implementation, and tracking of your project to ensure objectives are met on time and within budget.
Technical Consultant / Automation Systems
Installed automation systems on companies industrial manufacturing lines are aging, causing headaches and daily challenges to support and maintain these legacy systems. The automation toolbox continues to expand and get smarter, from the ability to support the Industry 4.0 framework to AI-based predictive analytics to smart sensors and interfaces that improve the manufacturing and operator experience. As a Technical Consultant, we will work side-by-side with your team to ensure that we analyze your current technology, recommend a step-wise approach to address your needs, and preserve and enable full return on your new tech investments. If support is required to lead projects our team has you covered. We specialize in working with your project owners to develop projects for future system owners.
TECHNICAL SERVICES / Manufacturing Operations
Companies are short staffed and facing a variety of manufacturing challenges, from improving operational effectiveness, addressing business transformation, reducing risk, meeting current and new guidelines / regulations, customizing products, etc. As a Technical Services Consultant, we will work side-by-side with your team to ensure that your company is harnessing hardware and software technology to:
- Transform the workplace, increasing efficiency and productivity
- Meeting regulatory guidelines / requirements
- Continuously checking your desired results against goals, and taking corrective actions necessary to remain on track.